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Star · M2III

Sadalbari

Sadalbari is a giant star of spectral type M2III in the constellation Pegasus, 112.7 light-years from the Sun.

Other namesμ Peg · GJ 4298 · HIP 112748
ConstellationPegasus
Distance112.7 light-years (34.6 pc)
Apparent magnitudemagnitude 3.51
Absolute magnitudemagnitude 0.82
Spectral typeM2III
Surface temperature4,910 K
Luminosity57.8 L☉
Radius10.5 R☉
Mass2.9 M☉ (estimated)
Right ascension (J2000)22h 50m 00.2s
Declination (J2000)+24° 36′ 06″
Space velocity (relative to the Sun)29.1 km/s

In the sky

Visible to the naked eye under a dark sky (apparent magnitude 3.51). Visible from the whole Northern Hemisphere and south to latitude 65° S. North of latitude 65° N it never sets. It stands highest at midnight in August, the best time to observe it.

Through a telescope from Earth

Light's journey

The light you see tonight set out around the year 1913. At the speed of Voyager 1, the fastest craft leaving the Solar System (16.9 km per second), the trip would take 2.0 million years.

The Sun seen from there

From a planet around Sadalbari, the Sun would look like a star of magnitude 7.52, in the direction where our sky has the constellation Hydra. It would be invisible to the naked eye.

Neighbours

Its nearest neighbours in the catalogue (within 20 light-years):

  • HIP 113124 5.07 light-years
  • HIP 113333 9.31 light-years
  • 33 Peg 14.2 light-years
  • HIP 112610 14.7 light-years
  • HIP 113280 14.9 light-years
  • GJ 9822 15.8 light-years
  • HIP 112040 16.5 light-years
  • HIP 112523 17.5 light-years

Open in the simulation

Position, brightness and colour from the HYG / AT-HYG catalogue; temperature, luminosity, radius and mass are approximate values computed from these observations.